The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-23

-oue day last week yourg man named
Harvey Gensler went hunting at Curwens-
VEte, CIearfeld county. with an oId-fashion- {
ed gun. The iron ramrod stuck fast in the
uuzzie, and he. attempted TO shoot it oct, /
when the weapon burst and fractured tue /
young mans skull. He was taken to his /
home, and ts not expected 10 live.
-SherfE Joseph \. Gray, accompanied |
by Messrs. John O'Hara. II. d. Bearer and
II. j. Grouse, started on Wednesday morn |
ing with five prisoners, John Iddings, JOS
Martin and Barney Lundy each under one
years sentence to the peniten:i&ry, and
Vernon c.. DitzeI and Ida 3Owden, who are
undeV sentence TO the MoTgaBzj Reform
scE0ol
-Captain Robert b. Guthrie, formerly
q resident of Altoona. where he was we'll
and fayorabIy known. was drowned at
Atlantic City on Sunday last The de-
ceased was an expert swimmer but yentuT-
!ng too far out was carried by the undertOw,
which was unusually heavy, out INTO the
ocean. All eToJts 10 secure his body were
unavailing.
The Sisters of Mercy, whose mother
house is at LOretto, Will open branch
house at Dunbar, Pa on October 1st.
Sister Josephine, formerly Miss HiIda
Ihmsen. daughter OF tie iate glass manu-
factureT, OF Pittsburg, will be put in charge
as Superioress. Sue will establish tae house.
with four other Sisters, two OF whom will
teach IN the school.
Mr.. Frank NJ. Postlewaite, OF Somer.
set, was instantly killed on Tuesday morn
ing about O'Clock at Pittsburgh, By being
Knocked oil q train, his head coming IN
/ contact with the TeutE-street bridge. De-
ceased was a son or the late William
| POstethwaite, Esq, aud was young man
highly respected for his generous impulses
and nobility OF character.
/ -Nessrs. Mcconnell X Saupp, the popu-
/ lar clUthleTs OF Altoona are skill leading in
the clothing business in that city. Their
l stock IL all new and their prices are marked
away down. below all competitors. - nen
yoC visit Altoona drop around 10 their store
III the 81. Lawrence block and take a look
at their goods and don't you forget it you
will be AsgOnished when you learn their
prices.
/ James Morris. OF UniOntOwn. while out
hunting one day last week, sat down on q
fence TO Test, with his rg bt arm eaEelesslY
hanging over the muZZIe OF his gun. His
dog struck the hammer of the gun and II
was discharged, the load sh2tteIiuR his aru
all the way up, - the shuIder joint. making
IL Necessary to amputa.e the arm. Part Oi
the contents Of the gun also lodged in hls
chest. lie Will hardly recover.
Joseph Erugh, Of Backlog Valley
IuutirGdo coIuty, informs the Hunt Tag
don lh-jtJr that he has a large gray stone
which was dug out Of public road in Shir-
ley township by a supervisor about seventy
fYe years ago. The stone is very hard
weighs about one-half ton, and there art
clearly i'm printed on it the tracks OF a hOrsS
with a shoe, a colt. deer, osar, a dog a
fox, a Wild cat and human hand.
"A very Important bill passed the last Leg
islature, providing for payment Of costs in al
criminal cases, by the county. The county
Is made immediately chargeable for costs il
every case Of misdemeanor In any o, Il,
courts a. Quarter Sessi uns OF Pennsylvania
and also for the costs OF witnesses which IN,
District Attorney shall certify were sub.
pUuaed ty his order and were in attendance
and necessary 10 tle trial OF the case.
"A Syndicate Of Pittsburg capitalists "a:
purchased the famous Bedford SpIings
property and will enter into possession o.
October Ist The price paid was 500, COZ
one-hfth OF which was paid in cash anc
the balance 20 draw s per cent. Interest fci
the next ten years. Tie syndicate is CON
posed Of \. NJ. Byers, Edward Anderson
IL Rar Il
Hawkins, Of Pittsba-g. and William Hart
ley, OF Bedford.
\ -Farmers rarly gain by keeping grain
after Il Is 4. for market when the shrink axe
is taken in 20 account Leaving the depre
datiOns OF vermin out Of calculation, wheG'
will shrink & per cent. or two quarts Del
busheI, in sCl months therefore, - cents
in August Is as good As 81 in February
Corn shTiHks about 20 PEE cent. therefore
40 cents In November 4 as good as Ss ent;
In March. Potatoes 70. and other lssse5,
about J3 per cent
On the l>th instant 4 partnership was
entered inJn IN the marble business, betW ecu
1Ir. James Wilkinson and his son Ossis
Wilkinson, St this place The business
which has been heretofore conducted by
Ar. James Wilkinson will In the future bt
carried on by taa new firm and those having
work % 90 IN their line, viii hud them
reCdy 10 receive orders aud - execute and
. deliver first class work on short notice Eod
az reasonable prices.
An editor las invented an inferRa,
machine whlce Ee places n an envelope
aud sends il 70 those who refuse" the
paper after takiag il five years without
. paying for II. The machine ezoIodes and
. kills TIE whole faC,ily, and the fragments
that fall in the ward kill the dog. Glory
certainly awaits that editor. and wien be
gets into the sanC:um that awaits him
I above, he will have an upholstered chair
and be allowed TO sit with his feet on the
ab!e.-.LG1cgster EIGB.iRsr.
The building OF the Washington Eonu-
ment, the loftlest structure ever raIs sd by
man, is described In detail by Oscar Foote.
Although authorized by Congress in L99,
the work was not actually begun until lsi', {,
when n society was oTganGed for that pur-
pose, with the philanthropist W. W. Cox
coran as vice president. The article in the
I The AusTierH Magazine is fully illustrated
with plans and pictures of the monument,
I and a portrait ot Mr. COrccran serves As
Crontispiece for the October nEmber.
f While Mr.. William II. COnnell, who Is
assisting Turnkey Peach at the jail, was